Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 16 March 1992. Church.

Church of St Michael

WRENN ID
watchful-gable-pine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
16 March 1992
Type
Church
Address
Church of St Michael, Discoed, Whitton
OS grid reference
SO 276 647
Coordinates
52.27605, -3.06162
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building constructed from coursed sandstone rubble with stone tile roofs, featuring a chancel that is set lower than the nave. The west bell turret has a pyramid base topped with a conical spire, all covered in slate shingles. The nave is adorned with paired trefoil-headed lancets on both the north and south sides, while the west end includes two plain arched lancets and a blind quatrefoil in the gable. The inset chancel has a three-lancet east window set under a round arch.

A north porch features open arcaded timberwork resting on a stone base, topped with a stone tile roof, roll-moulded bargeboards, and a finial. The north door is designed with a pointed arch.

The church is surrounded by an enclosed circular churchyard that contains several chest tombs and distinctive square box tombs with ball tops. Inside, the nave boasts an arch-braced roof, while the chancel has a trussed rafter roof. There is an ornate partially infilled truss with a battlemented tie-beam marking the division between the nave and chancel. An octagonal 13th-century font sits on a moulded base, and the east window features stained glass by O'Connor, London, from 1869. The nave also includes early black and red encaustic floor tiles that have been re-used.

Local climate

Church of St Michael receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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